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Monday, 16 May 2011

Busy old week :)

Hi every one :) sorry to have been so quiet but I was trying to post what I have been up to when the world of blog land collapsed on Wednesday nooooooooo :(so this post could be quite long winded ... with a few photo's and I suggest you get your cuppa now hahahahah

The Sampler Girl chart

ok where to start mmmmmmm .....Monday tea time as getting ready to go to Bakewell on Tuesday I was reading a post and remembered that Denise one of the ladies I was meeting on Tuesday always wanted to have a cup of tea with Gillie and I ... I promptly went into my sewing room .. pulled a chart out, a few threads and frantically started stitching.... yes I was mad ..lol ... I finished the said item and 8.11 am the following morning just before I got ready to set off .... and here it is :) I did the Sampler Girls chart a little tea if you please and stitched the hearts in red ,white and blue to remind her of her trip to see us erm I mean of coming to England ..lolSo to Tuesday .. I set off in good time the weather was nice and the journey down to Bakewell was a little eventful as I came of a junction early due to problems of road works and had a slightly different route than what I had driven before ho hum all in the adventures of a stitching mouse .......

Bakewell, Derbyshire

Bakewell is a lovely town and has a beautiful river that has trout in it so here is a view that I took :)We all met up at the Wye needlecraft shop at eleven and went for something to eat and drink before we went back to the shop to browse and add some things to our baskets .... I must admit we weren't overly impressed with the hand dyed threads as there were a lot of empty spaces .... but ho hum

stash :)

I did manage to get some gingham linen for a chart that I won the other week from barbara :) when I find her blog link will let you know .... it is very late here and I want to get this done while I remember heheheh soooo here is my stash haul :)We had a wonderful day Denise , Gillie and I and we rounded off the day going into the Lavender Tea rooms at Bakewell .... this is well worth a visit if you go there

inside the tea room

tea for three

We had the most wonderful afternoon tea with a lavender bun , a cream scone and a Fabulous cup of tea in proper china tea cups in the court yard and boy did it go down well ..lol ... I can't post photos of us as I didn't ask permission of the ladies DOH !!! but I can show you the cream tea ......The inside of the tea rooms were full of china , pictures and the toilet was well worth a visit just to see how it was decorated ..lol .. they really did have taste as there was a sampler on the wall too ..:)We had a fabulous time and was sorry to have to say good bye at the end of the day but we needed to get back to our homes and yep I had a detour on the way back too !!!! road works

lavender cream tea

Wednesday DH and I went to sunny Lincolnshire on a mission to pick up some Fire engine doors from DH 's friend as they were needed for the weekends 999 show at the Doncaster Air Museum .....

They live right near an RAF base and the Typhoon planes kept going over our heads ... I tried to capture these but I only got dots ...lol I will try harder next time heheheh

Thursday was spent taking DD2 to the dr's as she had a very bad ear infection and had to have the ear packed with antibiotics as well as going on them too ... so that meant a bit of too-ing and fro-ing as she was staying with her other half.... so I was mum's taxi service again ..lol while I was there go myself booked in and sorted out .. why not hahahah Friday mmmmm can't remember friday ..lol Saturday ... DD1 dd's friend and I went to a Mind Body and Spirit show .. it was very disappointing as they had moved venues with out us knowing and also there wasn't any of the stalls that DD wanted :( and they didn't have a new body or mind for me either :( hhahahah

PIF from Tricia

OOOO but when I got back home the post man had been and left me a lovely packet all the way from Tricia which was my PIF from her .... she stitched me a really cute scissor fob and attached it to some really wee scissors and included a snowman chart as she didn't want me to be upset as she hadn't stitched me a snowman ..lol and she put in a teabag :)OK so if you are still with me not long to go ..lol

stash from Tricia

Sunday I went to Manchester to see Karen and drop off her un official birthday present which she loved and I spent a lovely day yackking and drinking tea and getting lots of cuddles of Freddie (Karen's new furbaby)..... I got home from there after driving through fog and rain about 8.30 pm shattered :(

SSSSSoooooo you can see why it was a busy old week and hopefully it will quieten down this week as got lots of catching up to do stitching wise not to mention trying to tidy the sewing room up as have been having a sort out and re arrange and so far it looks like I just had a whirling dervish in there ..lolso there you go folks ... well done on keeping up hehehehe so I shall leave you in peace and take care and happy stitching till next time :)love mouse xxxxxx

Lovely post, really enjoyable and I only got through 2 cups of coffee reading it LOL!It's been a long time since I've visited The Peak District but remember how beautiful it is, I may need to get a return ticket and visit that sweet little tea room.Sorry you didn't get to choose a new body & mind - hope you get to put your feet up this week and rest the ones you've got!xxxxx

ALWAYS, always, always love reading your blog. You are such a wonderful stitcher. Loved looking at your travel spots and absolutely drooled over your tea! :) Thanks for taking the time to share so many good things. :) Cathryn

Wow, Mouse. Lots going on for you!! Sounds like a lot of fun at your get togethers. Manchester is a nice place. I flew in when I came across the pond. Only got to see it from the van windows though. And it was busy on the roadways!! I hope your dd is feeling better now!